Facilities in Pennsylvania once used to help develop U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion systems will be torn down by the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, DOE announced last week.
The Environmental Management office recently issued an Action Memorandum, drafted by RSI, for demolishing old C-Area buildings at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, Pa., DOE said in a Dec. 9 announcement.
The demolition should start early in 2026, DOE said. The department will issue a request for proposal for the demolition work.
The analysis memo concluded it would be best to tear down the CX and CY buildings. The remediation project is part of a partnership between Environmental Management and DOE’s Office of Naval Reactors.
“As the C-Area Buildings have reached the end of their mission and cannot be reused by the Bettis Laboratory in their present state, NR [Naval Reactors office] no longer has a need for the buildings and is working in partnership with DOE-EM to select a disposition alternative that protects human health and the environment while balancing the evaluation criteria of effectiveness, implementability and cost,” according to the DOE analysis.
DOE discussed the demolition project during a public meeting in September before the federal government shutdown.